County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led

Georgetown County, SC

At 63,404 residents, Georgetown County is a large county in South Carolina. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).

Data updated 2026-09-05

516
Property offenses
131
Violent offenses
647
Total · 2024

Georgetown County, SC reported 207 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Georgetown County, SC agencies reported 131 violent and 516 property offenses. That equals about 207 violent and 814 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.

  • 2024 UCR year
  • 131 violent offenses
  • 207/100K violent rate

What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Georgetown County, SC

2020–2024 direction

The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower

Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 271.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 206.6 in 2024 (-23.8%). The highest observed value was 271.3 in 2020 and the lowest 206.6 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.

Position in the state cohort

Georgetown County sits mid-pack among comparable South Carolina counties

At 206.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Georgetown County ranks 28 of 43 — above 15 of the 42 other South Carolina counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -23.6% against the cohort median of 270.4. Counties that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.

On a large county row, county figures aggregate every participating agency inside the county. Participation is voluntary. Per-100,000 rates use a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census county population, never a Table 10 field; unmatched counties stay count-only. A large county line encloses very different communities.

Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · large county

Category Count
Property Crime 516
Burglary 84
Larceny-Theft 347
Motor Vehicle Theft 85
Arson 5
Violent Crime 131
Murder 3
Rape 7
Robbery 3
Aggravated Assault 118

Reporting Agency

Georgetown County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating

Georgetown County's crime figures on this page originate from Georgetown County Sheriff's Office's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.

Similar-Size Counties in South Carolina

A per-capita rate is easiest to read against places of similar scale, so these are the South Carolina counties closest to Georgetown County in population. Their populations run from 56,216 to 78,607, against 63,404 here. Or launch the side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two jurisdictions directly.

Nationwide peers for Georgetown County

Similar violent rate (~207/100K)

Similar property rate (~814/100K)

ZIP Codes in Georgetown County

State atlas: South Carolina · Compare · Rankings

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.

FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.

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